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AN ORA.TIO]Sr 



Dclivci'ci] at EuzABETir City, N. C, on 7tT of August, 1877 
iit nvincst of the "Albemarle Historical Society.'' 



A-uthor of the History of 



NORTH CAliOLINA. 







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"IN MEMORIAM MAJORUM." 



*'I have considered the days of old; and the years that have 
past."— Psalms, XXYII, 5th. 



"Let it not be thought that we are working for ourselves 
alone; nor for those now living. Let us remember, that thou- 
sands yet unborn will respect and bless the patient and pious 
hands that have rescued from oblivion those precious memo- 
rials." 

Hon. WM. wHixma, 

L.L.D. 







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PRESIDENT OF THE ALBEMARLE HLSTORICAL SOCIETY, 

111 Introducing 
COL. JMO. H. ^WHEELER, i 



■LaDIKS and CiENTLEMEN: 

ItJitis been but a sliort time, since a 
ri umber ut gentlenum of tins Albemtirle 
coiyitry clianced in be at Nag's Head. 
Til j meeting together, was more by 
■chiiioe than design — But it was not the 
le? f rtunate fir that reaj^on, as you will 
seafrom that which resulted from our 
meeting there. Our friend Cieecy (who 
Is olen very happy in his suggestions.) 
sngjlsied that the time and the place 
■^^as-l, oat proper for the fonnatioii of a 
Hislcical Society. A me;ting wxs iiekl 
andff may add, was largely attended; 

^"7l)ai'ticipated in l>y gcntUMueu of al- 
■iU'st every paitot the Albemarle region. 
*^"jie eloquent and entertaining speechts 
■''jc, made. We all l)ccame enthused — 
"^ formed a society, and w« named 
"'Mt society The "Albemarle Hiatoriccd. 
"S'l^iety." As regards the time, this im- 
iHtantduty has only bee i n^ed ctid too 
l<i„. f ,,. wesliouid have had for a cntu- 
'■'A historical society, in a country so full 
*'Mien u id incident- Wi)rthy to b.^ kept 
■^''e in tlie ni'-mory of our people. The 
Vce. was clearly most appropriate for 
"*•' beginni ig of such a wor c. 

{oanok(#^8land was i:\ full view. The 
M*rest in our meeting was f.'rcatly in- 
■*^x5-ed, by eh qiient allusious to the B<'r- 
^ rent of the country— in which (of 
'^irse) the j^allant Sir Kaleigh was not 
"^^otteu. Hut this meeting made « ne 
^take, this was in eleciiuif me its 
'■jiidiat; I mucli prefeired and voted for 
**! of more youihlul eni-rgy and every 
more conipelent for that positioa 



than myself. Yet I uas fl.ittend and 
accepted, and I am he:e to-night to per- 
form a very pleasant (bity devolvin? up- 
on me as the President oi that Society. 
Oood men and great men when they di« 
should not be f.a-gotteu. The deeds of 
such men, wnich gave them i)!ominence 
among their emitempoiaries. and impor- 
tant events, should not iii lost to tin se 
wl.o follow afdr them. The objects of 
tliis snciety aie such as all will aj^prove; 
these are t.i d justice to tlie memoiicsof 
the distinguished dejid of tiiis Albemarle 
country, collfci ing and di^cussing the 
important events of iis p-st anl iJfocnt 
history. AVe believe that the old among 
us, may and sh.nulU find niucii intifiesc 
in these subjects; iuiii tiie yonng of this 
generation be greatly beiifctiied by this 
society. 

I take great pleasure in announcing t > 
this meeting, tnat time is jjresenc this 
evening, mie who h.is pc rfoiined more in 
pr. sriving the noble <ieeils ol the great 
men of Noilli Caroliuii than any living 
in n. He his kindly const-nted tt) ad- 
difois the society, upon a most approi)ri- 
at and inteiesting subject-"Tl)e early 
n:en and e..rly tinus oi I he Albeiufirle 
conntry." I p^e^eutto you Gn]. John\H. 
Wheeler. Tiiere arc but few of us. oVvl 
enough to remember Col. AVheeler, when 
he w^s a Citizen olour di'-irict. Though 
he has f ir many ye.irs been ^vilhdrawn 
from us, I CMU say ot' hiui with pleasure 
anil confidence, lliaL ne is still a Norta 
CaroliUiUD. 



luu lejfciieu and sub- 



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Mr. PekSIDENT AKD jMe.mbersof 
THE AEBEMAELt: HlSTOKICAL 

f^tK'l ETY : 

If the groat Apostle 
of t!ip Gentiles, thought himself 
luipjn- when jjcnnittcd by Xing 
-igi-ij>p;i to t^peak taiching.the customs 
:!!i(i (jiiostioiis which were among the 
Je\\.-, may I act be permitted to indulge 
Ji kindred enjoyment, in endeavoring 
roijitorestyou, in regard to "the Early 
Times and Men" of this Hectiou of our 
Htati'. 

^^"\: h every civilized jiation iiie early 
tinjc.-^ u!,d men of their country, have 
Ijcen a ad)je<.'t of research j)lea.sure and 
i ridi-. The Jews, the h^^torv of whose 
jjcoplo is the earli^st of record, w-joiced 
in the- contemiJation thai thcirlaw w.ro 
traii>]iiiued directly irojn Jehovaii; that 
their people were the peculiar object of 
his c;.i',; that He delivered them from 
opprcs.^ion; that heguideJ them through 
liie wilderness of sorrow; that he fed 
tiiciu,v,iih n.unuay -aiid refreslied them 
-.. Itli llviiig wa ers; and finally, ed them 
lo :! laiid ())• peace and plenty. 'I he 
l:.omaj,s delighted in the pages ofthcir 
!.'ytholo-y, which told them ihat 
the hjimder of their "Eicrnal Citv," 
was a lic'enchint from their Gods. 

Jlapj.dy ibr nurj)e..ple7 from the ad- 
-mce ..i' civilization andfn.m tliat art 
■^■':*-Ii 1.- -the ])rest'rvativeofall arts," 
'^' Hit nf l^rinliiig, wc are not obliged 
to tax our faith, or our crodiilitv bv 
:iiiy uncertain legends, or ol>s<-iu"e 
raditions. 

"Xo (iiided iiiu-iiive from the (Iimcs 
' li-"\, no Xorman tyrantri.rcathinn' 
''•''and sword landed on. our shores." 
- ^' ki-nw the lime they came, the <-har- 
' "•'• :ii:d tile designs of those who fii'sl 
idj a ei\ihzjd settlement in our co.lui- 



tiy. Tli^eir names, the- names of tlic 
.Ships wiiich brought thorn, the verv 
sput ou which they landed, are well' 
known to History; and will continue to- 
be Known "to the last s-yllabie of record- 
ed' time."^ 

Time honored Land-, where hope ;vnd liitli 
^ouiihr reriiy;; in a -liinht of gloom: 

liiiirtd.Frce loui's altar, I'y V.a Z:\'^\e'a Lest. 
And le:niin!;- oil the :u m of njei-c-j, 

Daied I he tempest and the loe; trusting in. 
llittir God. 
Piire as-lhe Uatidful of the olden li:, i\ 

They aanu: their plaiulive hyinuf; of praise 
Aud tiri'atlied their furycut orizoua to 
Ilea veil. 

It was ill tliis very section of our 
uation, that the first landing of tlu 
Eiiglidimemon this western Continent 
occuj-rtHl At lioaiioke, IshuK/ on the 
4th day of July 1384. two bar'.s- 
fitted out by direction, and ch;trge of 
Sir Walter- Kaleigh, eojumanled by 
Philip Amadiis, and ArrluayJ^irJow 
aiiehoied; and liaving landed., /'ey the 
stud Anuuhis and Biudow "too |pi>Sess.. 
ion-of ye >ame, in name ofEli/|l)eth ..f 
1-aig and; a,>ye rightful (Gucci's and. 
Ptiiieesse thereof" j 

i: ere in the laiiguage-of the hitoriaiii 
of the expedition, "they found a|>t'<>ple 
luo.st gentle. loviuiT, ami kind; ai '••<ucIl 
a.s lived aftej- the manner of the ,'oldeiL 
age." 

Here, then, is the birth spot (f tlii.s 
now mighty empiri\ ]Iere, w''' the 
cradle which rocked the dimt.- 
whose giga.itie lim. n now exteiu froni 
the A.rlaritic, to tite Pacific. Here 
wiu-^Imum the first native child o ^^"g'- 
ii.^ii iiarents. lU^i:,', licfnre J ,irrt<>\*''». 
wt>..-- -ett'ed„ or the Plymouth Pirriins 
lamfed', did the gallantmen of J'>-'ii'> ' 
first u.ifu'l on the (Jintineiit tii^ .me- 
teor flag, that f .r ccntuties has "'"av'-^ll 
the battle and the breeze;" lie- "a^ 
fii-ViL heard (he roll of tluii "soir ■"^ti^'- 



}ng drum," Avlioise martial imisic, now 
>iirroiinds tlio CHobe. 

The voyagers, were received by tlio 
gentle natives Nvitli kindly welcome 
"wliich is, still a prominent feature in 
tlie character of nil true North Caroli- 
nians. 

It were too tedious a narrative to de- 
tidl the privations, trials and sutierings 
■of these early Colonists. They were 
compelled from various causes to aban- 
don their efforts. / Their gallant pat- 
ron, from the vicissitudes of fortune, 
Jissigned his Ptitent to a company in 
Jjoiidon. Subsecjueutly (166;5.) another 
charter was granted, by Charles the 
2nd, to the Duke of Albemarle, Lord 
Clarendon and others, as Lords Pro- 
prietors. Under this charter a per- 
manent settlement wa.s nnide. From 
it< mild climate and genial soil, tJiis 
Alboinarie regi 'ii Wiis rapidly settled 
"North Carolina;" says Bancroft 
•"was settled by the freest of the free. 
From its Btately groves, the grateful 
voices of the emigrant, rose to Heaven 
tor freedom of Conscience." When the 
ipan of G'»d (F)x) visited this region, 
he savs, he found a grateful people 
who listened to his messnge with lov^ 
iug hearts. Here, wasa colony of men 
in civilized Jifi?, scatiered among for 
e>ts; hernjits with wives and children 
riirsting up'.n the bosom of nature in 
harmony with the mihl net's of tht-ir ge;i» 
tJe clime. Such were ti»e luitivea'id 
(arty men of AlbMuarle, by whiih 
iiame, the wli'ileseci ion from Cap" J'\'ar 
t> the Viif'inia Line, w:is then kimwu, 
;jiid wliirh preserves lor all timv, liie 
j;a.ii« and memory of George M,)nk, 
])uke of Albem.irli'. Ilr wms dls.in- 
^uishe.d as a Holdier, and Stute-mau 
b.>i'n in loOSaud tigured in tite li i.e*i.f 
(/arl'slsi, Croniwe 1, and (.'ii:irhs 2d^ 
He dit'd in IGTD. Ut him ilie histon- , 
an savs, '"his memorv deserves the 
pra se, as well tij> the forbearance of 



posterity." 

By an order of tlie Lords Proprif- 
tors, dalei^l 1GG8, Sir William Berkelv 
the Governor of Virginia, wasauilior- 
ized to constitute and appoint a Gov*. 
€rnor for our county of Albemarle. 

William Drnmmond wns appointed. 
As he was the first Cxovernor of our 
Section it may be well to dwell a 
moment on his name and character. 
He was a native of Scotland, and a 
Presbyterian in his faith. To the 
cautious and canny chaiacter of hi'* 
nation, he added^ the inflexible doc- 
trines of his church; a love of justice 
and truth, and a devotion to the righ s 
of man. He studied and knew the 
ti'ue principles of g(»vernment, th;.it 
while Society in every State was a bles- 
sing, goveriuuent at its best es- 
tate, was only a necessary restriction, 
and too orien evil, thai government, like 
dress, is a badge of lost innocence; that, 
had men remained pure, neither gov- 
ernment or dress would have been need- 
ed and the lighter and fewer these 
restrictions by government upon sox 
oiety, the ensi-r the duties of the ru- 
ler, and Iwppier the condition of the 
peo'ple. Under such influences and 
.-uch principles, tlie country flouri-^hed 
and the people were huppy. After a 
peaceful administrafi(m of four yetirs. 
Governor Drnmniond returned to \'ir« 
ginia. His t'uture career was inieres - 
ing and niol.mcholy. ]>ed liy his 
piiniijiles and laiih, hn cooperated 
wich Bacon, "a yonng nnd wcidtliy 
PhuiUn- ot Virginia" to defend the 
country from ihe Indians, who had in 
their savage fury murd red tlie while 
papulation from where Washington 
wow is, loUiehmonil. Their force and 
icrocity defied ami del", at d all the e «. 
fort^ofthe imbecile Bcrkely. Ba-ou 
raised, wiil'.out his orders from the Gov. 
u large force, and repelled and sub- 



fined ihesavacres. The envy of the 
Governor, as well as his folly, cansed 
him fodenoimoe Bacon and his follow- 
ers as rebels. Aided by forces from 
home, and from the premature death 
of Bacon, many prisoners were taken 
by Berkely. 

' These he tried by court martial, 
for fear Ihat jurors w uld acquii; con-* 
victions followed, and immediate ex- 
ecuiion. &^uch was the savage cnu- 
duct of 1he Governor, that the afsem- 
b]y of Vir<ririia, besoughl him by res-o- 
lutions to "shed no more blnod." A 
royal order rebukid, and finally stop- 
ped his violence. "That old f ol," 
paid Charles the 2nd, "has taken more 
lives in that naked coutitry without 
offence, than I have in all England 
for the murder of my father." Drum- 
mond was taken prisoner, and bn u'jht 
before Berke'y ; was immediaiely 
condemned, i>nd hanged on the 20lh 
January, 1677. 

It is no less true, than remarkable, 
that the Patron of the colony of Alhe- 
m.irle and its first Governor both fell 
victims to wrong and violence. For 
alleged crimes, of which he was in- 
nocent, Sir Walter Raleigh Wiis be- 
hcado^d.on 20th Oct. 1618. 

But their names can never die. 
'They never fail who die in a great 



Drummond was succeeded by Stevens 
as Governor. Chalmers informs us that 
in October 1667 Samuel Stevens whose 
abiliiies were considered equal to the 
trust, was aDp(jinted Governor in room 
of Drummond; and that Stevens died 
in 1674. 

It were interesting, but not {;er- 
main to our present purpose, to trace 
the lives and characters of the rulers 
of Albemarle from ihe times ot Drnm- 
mond to iho-e of Governor Burring" 
ton (1729.) when the Lords Pr.)prie- 
tors surrendered their charter (ex- 
cept Lord Granville) to the Crown, and 
thus the colony became an immedime 
appeodage to the crown, then worn by 
Ge^rg-i the 2ud. Lord Granvilie in 
later years, endeavored to maintain 
his right to a port on of the State. In 
an av-tion of ejectment in Jan. 1805 
before Judge Potter, in U. S. Circuit 
Court, the case was decided jidversely 
to his cl.-iim. But it is not of the Gov- 
orimrs that we propose specially to in^ 
terestyou. But of the people and men 
of Aloemarle. These men had chos» 
en tlieir homes fiom a love for liberty 
for freedom of conscience and a hatretl 
to every form of oppression. 

Clialmers tells us, the people of Al- 
bemarle were gentle iu their tem])ers, 
and advocates for entire freedom, 



cause. Tlie bhxk may soak thur without fear or anxiety. 

blood, their hp;tds nsay sodden in the Governor Spottswood said "it was a 

eun, their limbs be strung to city gates common lUiiclice of the people of 



and castle Walls ; still their immortal 

f^I-irit will lorcver walk abroad and 

conduct the world, at last to fref dom." 

No — As long as the majestic oak 

shall grow in our Stue. or as long as 

the fire fly lani|) shall be rcHectcd by 

the pellmid waters of the 'Tiakeof the 

Dismal Swamp." so long wi'l the 

names, and memories of Drumm 

and Raleigh be | reserved. 

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Carolina to resist their Governors, un- 
til they looked upon that as lawful 
that had so long been tolerated. The!*e 
people were impaiieu', restless and 
turbulent when ruled by any other 
government than their own; and nnder 
tha , and that only were they sat' 
isfied." 

rovernor Burrington in a dispa'ch 
e Duke of New Castle, thus ucs- 



3 isnea 



rvibes the people of this section: "Tiie.se 
I people are not industrious; but crafty 
«icl sub'le to adiniiatiuii, tilwiiys 
])i'haved insolently to their Governors. 
I fcjjino of them tliey have im prisoned, 
^ siiid oilieis they have drove out of ihe 
ciiLiiilry; and at oiht-r times, set up 
1, Governors of ibeir own people suj)- 
'\ j)orted by men under arms. Tliese 
people are nei I her to be outwitted, or 
cajoled —Whenever any Governor 
attempts to effect any thing by the-^e 
means, he will loose his labor and 
fchow his ignorance- " 

The Governors of all tiie Provinc^es 
; were required to send to the autiiori- 
ties in Enghind, frer^uent rep rls of 
the aifairs tiMUspiring in the Province. 
j'lie.-e reports jirc preserved with o^rcat 
lure, in the Public E,olL|office in Chan- 
Ctiiy Lane, Lnndon, under the clnuuo 
of the Master of the Rolls. They are 
very valnalde. . IMany of tlie States 
have had ihem cpied so far as they 

(aie ooncrneij. Our State should have 
I iill relating to North Cuolina. '1 hey 
are thd best .history of her early times, 
and perfect phoiogrnplis of every 
leadinir ruan of that age. 

Charles Eden, after wliom E lenfou 
s calh'H, was a native of Englan i, 
lom 167o and was aop anted Gov^ 
cmor by the Lords Pronriet >r.-;, on 
J j^iUlj, January 1712, of ( arolina. His 
idinli stone on Saanou Creek in Bertie 
county, st-ates '"he was an acceptable 
ruh-rand gave great satiataction. He 
died 26tli iAfarch 1722. His repuia-. 
t'on was sadly damaged by a too 
familiar association wiih Edward 
Teach; alias. Black Beard; -whose 
name is perpetuated by a point on our 
coast called "Teache's Hole." 

George Bunington succeeded Eden 
as Governor, under a com mission of 
the Lords Proprietors. He arrived 



at Edenton in Jriiiuary 1724. His 
councillors were GhristO[)her Gale;* 
John BLoiiiit; Thomas Pollock; Tims; 
Harvey and others, Jolui Lovv. ick 
wa.s the Secretary and Edward Mo^-e- 
ly Mas the Surveyor general. 

It Was during his achninistraliou 
that the dividing line beiweiu Vir- 
ginia and North Carolina t\as run 
(March 1728) commencing on the 
sea shore, at 36° 31 running due west 
through Knott's Island. Gliris'opher 
Gale, John Lovwick, Edward IMosely 
and \\'illiam Ijitilewcre (M)nnns>ion- 
ers for Carolina, and William l^vrd, 
Picliard Fitzwilliam and William 
Dan ridge, for Virginia, Samuel Swanu 
and Edward Mosely Surveyors for 
Carolina, and Alexander Irwin .and 
^^ illiani Mayo, Surveyors for A^'ir- 
ginia, Rev. Peter Fontain, Chaplain. 
A recoid (origiual) of ilus ex[)cdi- 
tion is to be found in the Rolls office 
in London, of which I have a C"py 
An account is also given by Willi i>a 
Byrd and]uinted in the West Over Mss* 
Ttiis latter statt-ment abounds in 
unjust and illnatured sarcsm upon 
IS'orth Carolina, on all and every oc- 
casion. 

As an evidence of this, speaking 
of the religious condition of our early ' 
tiiu^s, Byrd states: "After a few days 
de -ay at a certain poi/it, our chaidaiii 
(Hev. Peter Font ain) was alhw-d 
to take a turn to Eden; on Nortli Lai- 
olina lo preach the Gospel to these 
infidels and to christen their childreu, 
Edenton he says, is the only uieU'ouo- 
lis in the Christian or Mahonnnedan 
world, where there is neither church 
chapel, synagogue or mosque, or any- 
other place of worfcliip for any sort of 
religion. 

It IS natural for man to adore his 
criaior in some form or other. Were 



there any exception to this rale, I 
should expect it to be aniou.sj the 
Hottentots of the Cape of Good Hope, 
«u-auiong the peoi)le of North Caroli- 
na. For want of men in Holy Orders 
bath members of tiie council and 
ma<5i;^l rates are impowered to marrVj- 
biit ilie ceremony of christening their 
children, is left to chance. If a parson 
coints among them, they crave a cast 
of his ofhce, othersvise they are con- 
tent to let their children grow up, as 
arrant [>agans as themselves. They do 
not know Sunday frum any other day 
of the week; any more than Kobinson 
Crusoe This would give tliem si^me 
advantage, if lliey were not too lazy 
to work." 

Many ungenerous flings abound in 
fljis memoir by Byrd, which is so full 
of adulation of the people of his own 
Stat^, and of de])reciation of "poor 
pensive Carolina," as Herman Hus- 
band was wont to call her. Byrd 
seemed to imagine ilrit the sun only 
rose to shine on Virginia, and th.at the 
whole country from Cape Cod, toC^apc 
Sable bidonged to her; that slie was the 
great planet around wliich all tiieother 
rolonie-i moved as humble satellites. 
Indiscriminate eulogy is as misplaced 
a»< iudiscriminaie abuse. The fact as 
presented by this averment must be 
regarded as very singular, that when 
running an imaginary line for the first 
time, while those on one side are re- 
garded as parations of gentility and 
morality, those on the other side are 
described as depraved Hottentots of 
Africa, lie however adds; whenever 
we passed, we constantly found the 
boiderers laid it to heart, if their land 
was taken into Virginia. They chose 
much rather belong to Carolina. The 
people are the bec«t judges of their own 
interest. He might have examined the 



escutcheon of his own State to see if 
no sinis'er bars existed in her herald-' 
rV. We have given the opini<)ns of 
Amadas and Barlow as to character 
and conduct of the original inhabitants 
of Carolina, their gentle and innocent 
and pure manners and generous hos- 
pitality. History does not present 
Virginia in so favorable a light. 
Stranchey, who was Secretary of the 
colony of Virginia (IGIO) in his '"His- 
torie of Travaile," publislied by the 
Kakluvt society, (page 132) thus says 
''The young women go not shadowed 
among their own company until they 
be nigh eleven or twelve returns of 
the leaf old, nor are they mucli asham- 
ed thereof; and Pochahiintas, a well 
featured but wanton young girl, Pow- 
tan's daughter, sometimes resortiuir to 
our tort, of the age .of ten to twelve 
years, got the boys forth with her into 
the market place and made them 
wheel, falling on their hands, turuing 
their heels upwards, whonj slie wouiil 
follow, and wheel so herself, naked 
as she was, all 'the foit over. — Tne 
great ki ig powaiau called a voun^ 
daughter of his, whom he loved s > well. 
Pociiihuutas, which may signify a 
little wanton." 

This record somewhat dims the 
glamour of some ot the first families 
who boast of the red blood of their an- 
cestry. History, gives the account 
that during the administration of Sir 
AVilliam Berkly (1641 ) distrraced a-s 
it was with the juurder of Druuimond 
and others, levees in imitation of roy-« 
ally were held to which precedence 
was given to family and residence 
On one occasion, a question arose 
between two aristocratic ladies, (the 
probable purchase of a few hogsheads 
of tobacco) as to the right of prece- 
dence to the august presence of the 



'ropTP.-seiitiitive of the sovrciorn, Tlie 
'dispute ran s') high that, it altractt-d 
the attentiou of I fee Govevui'r. He 
patiently listened to /their respective 
claims; and then desired his Secretary 
to bring hiui hif, "Xevv Gate Caleit- 
«hn'." After exttniiinng the record 
he decided in favor of the dame whose 
liushand had b^en earlier transj)ortcd 
itotlie colony frcm i-ngland for higli" 
Climes :iud nii>dt"ii\' anors. Tnese 
pretensions even when "\vell foniultd 
are ridiculous in a tree countiy; yet 
are slill cherished by ^onie. 

On arecent ^occiisicMi of a pleaf^aut 
dinner party at Washington C'iiy, ail 
of the conipajiy were from iS'orth Car- 
olina except one gentleman, and he was 
iVoni Vixginia. With his patj'iotism en- 
livened by t-he generous cheer, he sug- 
gested to the company that whenever 
I -we visite<l ilie city we should register 
I our mimes not as from North Carolina 
! but as beiui: from near the Virginia 
j line. One who e coiirt!y mau'icrs 
I and kind heart lias won the reir:ird 'f 
j all who knoAV hinj, who like the Doug- 
las in Marmion, is the peer 

"Ofany kniglir. in Scotland here, 
LovvlcUid or hiu1il*ind far or near." 

quietly replied — "The North Carolina 
folks area matter of fact people and 
rarely resort to fiction. It was true 
that the old Dominion in former 
days, when in the lusty strength 
of youth, did produce some stal- 
wart sons, but age and time 
h.ad changed stich events, and in 
the course of nature such things could 
ngt continue, that any breed must ruji 
out in time, even in the best regulateil 
faniilies." 

We are proud that Virginia had 
lier Washington— we had a Caswell. 
Her Jtfferson wrote our national de- 
claration, but Meckknburg thundered 



the sjimo indeppudence Tnore tlian a 
year ahead. She had her Marshal^ . 
\\{\ our Gaston. Virginia cherivdies a, 
lofty state jiride, and a'high apju-eci- 
ation of her sous. These in moderation 
are commendable traits. We <<m!d 
wish that she had alittle u\ss and Northi 
Carolina a little more'of the same pa- 
triotic impulses. ^ 

Siuhnnigeu le and ungenerous feel 
ing we tiust has passed away. Atone 
time it was So rampant, that the late. 
Join S'anly stated in our House of 
( omuio n:> "lie would erect aCliino.-o 
wal on the Virginia and Nor h ("am- 
lina line si that they coiiid not coino 
to us, or we go to them" 

Govetnor Burriogton resi.lt ,1 in 
Ede.iton; this ancient Sodoin, if }.Ii". 
Foniain is correct. DouhtiessGovorn^.-!' 
Bni riug'.on was impeiions as a rii;' ■■ 
as he Avas dissolute as a m; 
His diypalches are long and interesiinu; 
and valual^le when not filled witii 
complaints., abuse and asper-ions 
a>jainst iiis council, the Judges and 
others. He was removed by the 
l.,ords P'roprietors, and S'r Kichaifl ^ 
Eviiilmrd succeeded, wi.o if he had l^-ss 
vice. had much less ability ^o that wh' « 
the province as before s'ated in 17J ' 
became an appendage of the crow:', 
by order of the King i;i council <1;\'.-" I 
J.iu'iary 7ih 1780, George Buni.'g 
ton was airaiu appointed Ixovernor* 
of his majesty's pr<ivince of North Ca ■ 
olina, with Willia n Smith, Naiii- 
Rice, James Jenour, R.iI.ert Tiaiti'ii. 
Edmond Pottei-, J dm Bapiisia A<' . 
James Hallard, Mathew Ko-van, Con^ - 
liiis Harnet. and John Porteras Con - 
cillors. John Palen wis Chief Jus- 
tice, and Nathan Rice, Secretary of lh-» 
Piovince, He arrived in E lenton in 
Feb 1731. Hisimperious temper soon 
involved him in "teats of broil and Imt- 



'■'■s'; 



•dates and Council- 



li r.s. On liis coinplaint, in 1733, John 
]^>apiista Asl\c, the ancestor of- the 
fiiiuily which stands socou^picuous in 
North Carolina history, was ar re.- ted 
■^or a libel on tlie Guveri'oraud placed 
in the comnnu Jail ar Edeuton. He 
was brought, by a Habeas Corpus I'e- 
J'oie the General Court of Session, 
composed of Wiu. Little, Ch. Justice 
AVilliani Overman and Macrara Sear- 
borou^di, as as:?ociiUcs and adinitied to 
b»iil; forvvhich.the Juti^^eri were cen- 
sured by tlie Govern -r, and some of 
iheui leaiovcd. Bnt in A^he, theGo\- 
rrnorhad an adversary "worthy of his 
siecl" and gie^MJy ids superior in tuct 
and talent. He. with Nath. Rice and 
John JMoutironiery nu-Miorialized the 
Crown iii a pnp a* of such power and 
t iwh that the Governor was removed 
'JMiis memorial states "the Governor 
^vii. iHa>t at C'ape F' ar sent his ser 
V mts and took two u.ar^s of Ashe, at)d 
l.raoiled toMn wi'h his brand, tiiai. 
when a-k( d by Mr Aslie to rest ^re 
them, he flew into a vidrut p;is.-i(>n, 
lising scaniiaious and re(;ronchfol lin- 
j^ uage f-hakins; his fists ai-d thrcaten- 
i.ig lo tvikp Some of ]N[r. Ashe's slives 
also. ^Ir Aslie'heii applied t' the Court 
f, r redVe s. Thn Cnurlbeid that such 
sni's couUl not be brought figniiist a 
G .■•'■re. 1' "'t' be l^'i"' ti<> s itnt must 
I e bmught at home" (England.) 

Si'ch wa- tite adniuii- i-.iriini of thi^ 
law inider. the siiadow of royalty. We 
ive met a specimen or legal 'ort^'^f an 
e irli'T date, vvld<'h mav a^u* se our Ic- 
j.aj fratei nitv as showing what was 
(•ous'''ert»l Tieasoii, in thR ^ar.'y times 
«'f Alb 'nuir'e, and among the t-arly 
men of tliiss >cti'n. li i.-j the liist case 
' of I reifOM in our Siate. 

Fri m Col -nial Papers relative to 
Caiohna Kolls 02"i'.e Loudon, page IG 



"Affidivitof Thomis Miller, age 31 
that jie arrl'/ed in Albemarle county 
on July 1677, commissioned as Secre- 
tary of the Province, al-so as Collector 
ofCugtoms. Gov. East Church depu- 
ted him as Governor do ring his absence- 
In Dec 1678. .i violent rebellion broke 
out led by Richard Foster, George Du_ 
rant, John Jenkins, John Willonghby^ 
William Crawford, Grabriel White, Ja". 
Blount, Zick Gill'am, John Culpep' 
per, and others, wiiich stiil continues; 
totally overthrowimr the 2;ovcrnmen*- 
they imprisoned the officers, seized the 
record.^, appointed George Durant &t- 
torney General arres'.ed and tried il e 
deponent for his life under charge i f 
tr ^^son. 

Timotiiy Biggs, the Deputy of Lor I 
Cravi-u was tried for Murder; a»id John 
Nixon- the Deputy f u' Sir Peter Col^ 
letoi), for treason. Th ir fa'e would 
hive oeen deUh, hid not the oroclr, 
nMtiou of the Governor of, Virginia 
dissohed the Court, This deponeut 
nvbli'his escape to England." 

Tln^ rojord of tiie intlictment against 
!\riller is preserved, and in words and 
figures, is, is follows, 

'•AIh-iim Ic Conni-y ) At a Cran'l ('oun^ 1 
PiovuK-e of t';iiolhi;i > lujifl fr)r County u Al 
3 I)Ciii;o-le. Nov. !()';'• 

Tiio Att'iruey General, Mr. George 
Dur'Ut e.\hii>ited the following in- 
dictment against Thomas Milder, and 
tht» w'tiesses r,o prove i': aiol df-^ir^d 
justice, and the processes -f ihe law 
h" having broke orison cS:c. 
Thoiruis MilUr, Thou staudest indicfel 
by the name of Thomas Miller, ot thid 
ciuiiity Apo hecary; fnr that thou not 
having tliefear of Gml before thine eye- 
but l)eing stirred and moved by the in 
stigation of the Devil, and out of the 
rancour and malice of thine heart 
fbrelhou^rht, did in a rebellious and 
traitorous manner at the house of 



Thomis Harris, ill about t^ie mouth of 
Noy 1G73. utter and declare the fol- 
lowing words; viz. "That the govert,- 
nient was not»nder good bands iu Eng- 
land, since the King came in." 

At the hou<e of Captain James 
Blount, you did say, when the dis 
course was about tlie Royal i3sue, and 
the report that the Puke of York was 
dead "that you hoped ihat rest would 
Hot long be after hiiu." 

That at the house of the aforesaid 
Harris in the mouth of June 1675 
you did utter and declare. '"Thou 
would'st uol loobe your life for the 
King, that the King sometimes got his 
l)eople to tight in unrighteous causes) 
jiud that of all religions in the world, 
the Cavaliei'd were the greatest rogues 
lh:it there was no ri'i-hte'Mis dealing 
aniong iheni; that ihi;! Kiinr hi\d his 
hands ill a whore's petticoiit." Which 
words fire rnntrary to the form of the 
feyeial statutes in that case made and 
provi'Ud. And to aggravate yuur 
crimes you have infamously abused 
our nio^t i'luHtrious Loids Proprietors 
and will your abettors and Assif'tors 
have broke prison and escar)ed to evade 
the stroke of justice G^orL'C Dnrant 
Attorney General, .John Tulpeper, L ■ w- 
rjiicft 'Ti'iz.iles ami oih^rs r> itiu^ss'-s. 

After this tpis^de, which from its 
quaint humor, may relieve the t-dious 
nessof our narrative, we return to the 
character of Governor Rurrington. We 
have seen, from the lecords of the 
(.'onrts, his violent and turbulent tem- 
per, ahhnugh, by an able and arti-tic 
writer, Hon. Gcoige Davis, of WiJ. 
min-.ton, he is called "..pen, frank and 
]iubiic spirited." He visited in 172', 
the Cape Fear region, and pnrchased 
a plantation, five miles i)e]ow Jirnns- 
wick on a creek called after him, Gov- 
rnors Greek where he resided for years. 



He was displaced, by a roval order 
from the King in Council in 1735. Of 
his death WdlLtmsou sav.s, soon after 
his abdication of the gov(-rnment, in 
1734, he rioted one night and was 
found murdered the next morning in 
the Bird Cage Walk, in St James Park 
London." I have coj.ies of his D.'s- 
patches, as late as 1736; theiefu-e the 
date of his death, as given by William 
son is error. His will is recorded ia\ 
the office of the Secretary of State at 
Raleigh. He describes himself "of 
the parish of St. Martins, LudgateHill 
iu city of London. Admi lustration 
with the will auuexed, was granted on 
his estate to Paul Whitehead, on 22nd 
March 1759. In 1760 his son GeorL'e, 
Lieutenant of 7 1st Regiment, appoin- 
ted John Rutherford to take charge of 
his prop.^rt.yiu :N"orth Car.dina. His 
despatches to the L )rds Co'iiinissiouers 
fir Tride and Plantations, ave verv 
foil, and (fescribe the climate, s il and 
pro'inctions, populaiion, and resourcg 
ofC-trolina, and also the Indians, har- 
bors and fortifications. He also gives 
h's op nions oftlie early Men of Albe- 
li arle, unreserved and gra()hic. Since 
soJiMi i.f the names are still extai.t in 
our Statp, and all are well known 'he-e 
curious records may prove interestin 
We have already given Wsoi)ii.ionas 
to the cautious and independent chais 
acfcr «f the people of Carolina. Of 
John Bapt'sia Ashe, in a dispatch, da- 
ted 20th Feb 1731; he says: "Immedi- 
ately before tlie Assembly met, Mr- 
Price, the Secretary, and Mr. John 
Bapiista Ashe came together from the 
Cape Fear, to Edenton, the se;.t of 
Government, and Mr. Ashe, after qua U 
ifying as Councillor, began to impose 
en the judgements of the gentlemen 
« f the Conncil with false rea.souiug and 
ialla<ions arguments Mr. Smith and 
Porlerjoining him. Mr. Ashe is alto-, 



srellierlten't on nilsclilef. H^e is n vil- 
Siun, and altogether uinvoriLy of jit- 
tiiii; ill the Council." 

Of Cornelius Hurnett, he pays, He 
was bred a mpi\haiit in Dublin; and 
settle<l OK the Cape Fear. J was as- 
i-urcdbyu letter I received in Eng- 
land that he was worth £6000 f^terling, 
uhicli induced me to 2:)lace hiri name 
among th-i persons to be Councillors. 
But it is now known, that he traded 
■with other men's goods and is not 
Avoith anything, and is so reduced that 
he hiif; to keep a public house for a 
living. I am humbly of the opinion 
til at Harnett's sitting in the Coun- 
cil is a dis(ri-ace to it." Of Sir Ri.h- 
411(1 Iweraid, he says that the Guv- 
ornor for the Proprietors, had tlie mean- 
est ca|)acity, and the worst jiiinciples 
( f any geiitelnian I ever kiicw. His 
ndri)inistra.tion was equally unjust, and 
t?invple " 

"Edward ]Mosely, late' Surveyor 
General and his relations, used very 
unfair means in surveying lands they 
had no ri^ht to. and imposing mi stran- 
grs, selling tlu^m lands to which they 
had no title to."' 

-Mr Seere ary Rice has openly placed 
himself at the head of my enemies. 
His whole business is to create mis- 
chief. "About twefuty men are settled 
at the Cape Fear from South 
Carolina; among them are three broth- 
ers of a noted family; whdse name ig 
j\loore. They are all of the set called 
the Cioose Creek foetion."' 

These people were always very troub- 
lesome w-here they ciime from, and 
Mill doubtless be so here. They will 
.spend a great deal of money to get me 
out. Messengers are constantly going 
and coTuing from Mosely and this crew. 
As to Religion, the Governor reports 
''there is not a clergvman of the church 
of England regularly settled in this 



government. The former missionaries 
were so little ajiproved, that the ])eople 
seem very indit{(:>rent if any more come 
or not to them. 

The Quakers in this government 
are considered for their numbers and 
subst iiK-e. They ai-e notable for the 
regnhirity of their lives; for their hos- 
pitality to strangers and their kind 
offices to new settlers. 

Tlie successor of (Tovernor Burring- 
ton, wasGabrielJohnstou, who ai'rived 
at "Wilmington in the fall of 1784, 
His ne[)hew, Sam'l Johnston, sou of 
John Johnston, who r&sided for a long 
time and died near Edenton, was Ixjrii 
at Dundee, shire of Angus, Scotlan<l 
iji 17o3. He studied law in Edenton, 
with Thomas Brirkei* — he married 
Frances, daughter of Dr. Tiionuws 
Cathcart. His father, John Johnston 
nephew to Ciov. Gabriel, was surveyor 
general of tne province. Sanuiel his 
son resided at Hayes, he was clerk of 
the Sujiorior court of Chowan, in 17B0 
he was a member of the colonial assem- 
bly, in 177^5 with Caswell, Harnett and 
Hooper, he was on a connnittee of 
corresiiondcnce for tiie colony. On tlie 
death of John Harvey he succeeded 
to the Rj-e-idency (,)f the Provincial 
Congress, and in 1780 was elected a 
member of the Continental Congress, 
whichjnet at Philadelphia and served 
till 17f^2, he was elected (Joveruorof 
the Sta'e in 1787, he was the first Sen- 
ator from North Carolina in the Con- 
gress of the United States in 1780 and 
served till 170;], elected judgein 1800. 
He died near Edenton 18th, August 
1810. He was the father of James (J. 
Johnston of our day. 

James Iredell who resided in Eden 
Avas a native of Lewes, England — born 
in 170(1. He came to North Carolina 
when (nily 17 years old, read law with 



Governor Jolmstoii, ^liose yoniitrost 
^istcl•, Hainiali, lie married, lie wa.s 
<u>j)uty collector at Edeiitou under his 
relative, Henry E. ]\Ic("ull(,i]gh, and 
afterwards collector under the crown. 
He was elected Judge of the Superior 
court, iu ] 777 which he 8o< n rej^ioned. 
In 175)0 he avjis appointed one of the 
Associate Justices of the .Sui)reiue 
Court of the United States; which ele- 
vafed post he held until his death, 
which occurred on 20th Oct. 1799. Ire- 
dell county in this State preserves his 
name. His son James Iredell was 
born, lived and died in Edenton, he 
was born 17«<S; appointed Judge of the 
Superior court in 1819, elected Gov- 
ernor in 1827, senator in contrrcss irom 
1828 to 18.31, died in April 1^858 leav- 
ing many children. Doubtless many 
of you recollect this able and distin->-- 
uished gentleman, loved by all, he had 
no enemy only hinK<elf. 

Drr Hugh Williamson, distinguish- 
ed as a va-iter, statesman and a physi- 
an, re.Mded for a long time in Edenton, 
he was a native of Pennsylvania, Ix.i'u' 
in 1 7;^.5, of Irish parentage. He came 
to North C arolina and served as a 
surgeon in the army and was at the 
1 sUtle of Camden {Axig. 1780) After 
that ill fated battle, he returned to 
Edenton and in 1782 wns elected a 
member of the Legislature in 1782 to 
178.3, 17S7, 1788, was appointed a 
member of the Congress of the Confed- 
eration and in 1787 was elected a 
delegate to the convention at Philadel- 
phia that formed the (Constitution of 
the United States, and h's name with 
tl.at of William Blount and Eicluird 
Dobbs Spuight, is appended to that 
instrument. He was the first mem- 
ber from the Edenton district to the 
House of Pe])resentatives 1790, he wa.s 
author of the history of of Korth Caro- 



lina and otiier works. He removed t> 
New York, where he died in 1819. 

Stephen Cabarrns, was a |„„g time a 
resident of Edenton, he was a native, 
of France, a man of genius, vivacity 
and patriolism. He was a memiier of 
the Legislature for m.-my years, and 
Speaker from 178() to 180(1, with som^ 
intervals. Cabarrus county is called 
after him. 

Josei)h Hewes, one of the Signers of 
the Declaration of Independence from 
North Qirolina, was for a lung time a 
resident of Edenton, he was often a 
member of the Legislature and in 1774 
was elected a memlx-r of the Continen- 
tal Congress, and with William Honp- 
er and John Penn as delegates from 
North Carolina signed that imm .rtal 
paner, he died in Philadelphia Nov. 
10th 1785. 

It is not very flattering to our State 
pride that neither of the Signers oi the 
Declaration of Indepcndance from 
North Carolina were natives of the 
State. Hewes was from New Jersev, 
Hooper from iMassacliusetts and IVnn 
from Virginia. Either from mo.lestv 
or <lifii.lenceon (heir ])art, or a propc r 
appreciation of merit on the j)art of 
others, the men of North Carolina 
verify tile idea of the Scri])tures, "the 
Prophet is not without honor, save in 
his own country." I have crunted n<, 
less than six senators born in North 
Carolina representing other States, 
and more in the House. Among them 
such men as Andrew Jackson, Andrew 
Johnson, James K. Polk, Benton of 
Missouri, Allen of Ohio, Black ofMis- 
sippi, Thompson, General Forney of 
Alabama, Israel Pinckny, W. K.King, 
Hugh L. "White, and others. Many 
others of the early men of the Albemarle 
might be presente.I. Like the fliu ciful 
enthusiast in Old Mortality we might 



cour'siii 1836, lie flied rocciitly at his 
111 iiiit.-i;! home near Ashville. 

I luive prepared for future reference 
M list of the ineinbt-rd of coii^res^ from 
the Allieiunrle di.^trict, compiled from 
a careful examination of the journals 
of congress. To the first se.-^sion of the 
Ist congress, (which met at New York 
on the 4lh of March 1789,) North Car- 
o'ina sent no members, as she ratified 
the constitution on the 3rd of Novem- 
ber 1789. 

The Albemarle district has had as 
Senator.*: 

Sam'l Johnston, of Chowan; from 1789 
to ]7!):5. 

Davi.l S'one, of Bertie, from 1801 to 
180n,lroni 181o to 1814. 

JiiMies Iredell, of Chowan, fiom 1828 
to 1881, 

John Pool, of Piisquotauk, from 18G8 
to] 873. 

Members of the House of Rejire- 
jhtiiiatives : 

1ft Congress ^nrl session 1780 and 2iid 
congress, 171)1; Hugh Williamson of 
Chowan. 

'Sn\ ci u^zre^s, 170:3; Wm. J. Dawson of 
C ■ o\\ an. 

4th ; on<:re^s 1705. and 5t]i congiess 
1707, J)cjn|jscy Burgess, of CJuniden. 

6ih congress 1709, David tiioue of 
B.rtic. 

7lii congress ISOl Charles John«on of 
Cnon an. 

8th conuTB'^s 1803 and Otli ISO.") Thi>3. 
Wrnns ol llertfnid. 

I'oth eonuiess 1807. 11 th. r.'-.ngr--s 1800 
:iiid 12lh lyil, Leiiiuil iSow^-er of Cain- 
d-r. 

l?5ih (■onnre>s. 1818 and lltli eoiiLn-iss 
I'^l"), WiMaiii II .Mill Ire': i>f Hi;rt,iord. 

1 th, 1817: Ui'h. 1810; ; nd 17th v.<>n- 
gTr-ss"S. Leihiiel SiwyiT . f ''nnidrn, 
l;3ni (-..iigrL'Ss l.SJ:; .Vlir-d .M. a.tlii. 
Uan coiiLiie-s 1S2") iind 20t;i eougiess 
ISji. Liinnel Sawyi-r. (Imido'i, 

2lst.. IS>i); '^On i, lH;51;2:{rd. 183:i: and 
■■'♦^ '' <• " '• ><-^. I^:}"). Willi nil li. Sii'l)- 
3 ^rd, of Pasqixotiink. 

■> . I iiii_,iOSs, io.j7, Siniiicl T. Sa.vyrr 

nl < liow ;in 

•Cth isjii; 27th. 1841: MM 1 2Sfli ron- 
grt'ss, 184:'. Kfnii cih Ha\ ner nf Ibrt fnrd. 

20 li. t<>ii|;rt,ss, 1843 Asa Biggs ol 
^larii.i coiiU.y. 



3oth, 1847; 31st, 1849, and 32nd. con- 
gress, 18.')1. David Outlaw of Bertie. 

33id. conyress 1858, Henry M. Shaw, 
ol (/nrrituck. 

34tli, congress 1855, Robert T. Paine 
ofCiiowan, 

o5th congress, 1857 Henry M. Shaw, of 
Curritnclc. 

3Gth congress, 1859, Wm. N. H.Smith 
of Hertford. 

37th, 1861: 38tli. 18*53: and 39th. con- 
gress. No members in U. S. Oongns. 

40th, congress, 1867 John R. French 
of Chowan. 

41 St, 1869: and 42nd congre^is 1871; 
Clinton L. Cohb, of Pasquotank. 

48fd, 1873, and 44th 1875, Jesse J. 
Yeatcs, ot Hertford. 

These names afford ample material 
to the Biographer and Historian. It 
is ID be hoped that some patriotic pen 
Avill embalm in history their charac- 
teis and services. The centennial year 
of our Nation was rendered memora* 
b'e 1)}' the recommendatioiv of Congress 
and by the proclamation of the Pres- 
ident, to the people of each county of 
every State to prepare some historical 
sketch of the Early Titties and the 
Eirly Men, to be preserved for future 
nference. Some portions of our vr-ta e 
have responded to this call; notably 
by the cnuniy of Wake, in the iiiter- 
Cfting sketches of the early history 
of the city of Raleigh by K^•mpJ^ 
Batilo, and historical sketches of 
Herl ford county by Mtijor Jnlui W. 
I\I 'ore. Who wiil bring up the r cord V 
ol V i-([!io!ank? 

l'as(ju itaiik C' uniy deiive- isname 
fro II a native tribe of lii'li »ns, (P.is- 
qu''ii"k-^) H lu) liv'd ii ar l'owt-1's 
Point, rts sh iwu by l)i'F)rv. 1 ii id tVuiii 
the privjitH h-titues (4' the Siaie by 
JutLeF. X. Miriin.that in 1784 th' 
ciiirt ln'iisr was iiMve i fr on Wimi- 
hi!ld, ir !ir (1 ibb's l^lllr, to Nixonton, 
M ti'^n on tlie XorMi sid ■ of Lit'le 
IMvi r, so called Ir^im ilic owner if the 
pnce. Jt was nfterwaids rem -ved in 
il'Jo to llieNarr. ws, n iw clle 1 Eliz- 



7 



af">etli City, wliicli flenre?if? namd from 
Kliziibetli, the wife of Adam Tooley, 
tlie owner of tlie land on wliicli the 

town was located, son>e of whoso des- 
eenilants (\Vrn. Slianuon,) still reside 
liere. Tliis connty, early proved i>» 
devotion to the oanse of Independence. 
In 1776 two R8gin)if^t)ts for tlie ('onti- 
nental Army were raised. Its offioprs 
■were, for the fii>:t Regiment; Thi)ini«s 
Boyd, colonel, Spencer Ripley, lieu- 
tenant colonel, Olheneil Liiscetle* 1st 
major, and John Ca?ev 2nd major. 
For the second Kcuiment, Isaac 
(rregory, colone^, Dciup-iey Bursjjes.s- 
lientenant colonel, Jos-hoa Oani[ihell 
3 !<t major, Peter Dough 2nd m -jor. 

The delegation to tlie Provincial 
Congress that met at H-ilifax on the 
12th of iSfoveniher 177(5. Avhich bt>dy 
fornied our State Cotistitiiti >n, w«s 
Henry Al^b^t, Demi^ey Burgess, De- 
votion Pavi^, Isaac Gregoiy anil 
Lenuiel 8atM'er. 

[ts poputati n. for ilie last fifty years 
liH-* been sinL'uhirly iniiform. 

U 18-20, 8008 18:?0. S6+1; 1840, BoU, 
3S.-,o. SOoO. I860. 8740: 187\ 81:11. 

I sliull no.\v close, for 1 leBi.c that L luva 



f: Trendy trespa sped on your patience;' py 
I sincerely fcti ttiat j isticr has ni>tJ>oorj 
done to my subject. I hafe Iiowctit 
done the V)est I conld. I have lard Ix'- /^ 
. f >re yon the r<-searclies and studies of a 
lifetime; njaterial yatliercd trom every 
acuree, forf^ga and dmiestic. 

"Tolled froto the Sv;iitt.ered loro of asic*." 
The solo reward 1 ask, or hope for is 
that they will be agreeable to you, that 
yoa will accept the otferiai;. 'thoush po a* 
the ottering be, study them, and ad'l_tc> 
their nijmber. It is a field so fair and full 
of goodly pi-ospects, that doubtless some 
yunger and abler hand will perfect in the 
future what I have so feebly commenced 
in tbe present. No County or State has 
so brilliant a record as North Carolina; ,■ 
none is so little known. Let us thjui/ 
all unite to preserve her glowing tradi- 
tions and records, and transmit to pos- 
terity her unsullied character, and her 
devotion to freedom and to virtue. 

Let all of us, love iLc dear laud that we 
liru in 
A* lin pjiy a region as this side of heav 
I'n, 
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